Fall is a good time to stay up fairly late, drink Fat Tire from a large beer mug and read some crazy Japanese novel (in translation, of course) while listening to Van Morrison with the lights dim.

(I realize that this sounds fairly pretentious, but I did this same thing last night and thought, 'Damn! This is the perfect moment, right now.' Granted, it was 2 a.m. and I had already drank two beers, but I'm getting this same feeling right now. Try it sometime.)